Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-31
THE OLD SETTLER.
pElEG STUDIES THE CLARION BLAST FOR
NEWS

IL W.L M Nur Don. N..-

bucl, stoop Tor u quiet smoke, run oycl
Ia the 'Squir's an SEE if his folks has got
through with their las weeks Ciujo.
EIf,io - Fr,uIpD, il. Seems to me it take,
EN- It good vile to read that paper
through. scut over Ter it Yesterday, an
they sent back word they were r,adin
ON it thyirsclIs yit. ltll he time ior ur>
week = pupe: to ut arom' lore have q
,uuiut at wa at were goln' ON las week il
the Suuirr's folks hold on 10 lhat paper
much longer never >re how selfish
some folks is. Run over, rricg, an see II
they IN through with it, AN # the can't
send 1t this time, they Kin keep their oil
paper Tor all ONE. Ran along, Pel,g
Little pelrg put on his hat and started.
He was about climbing the garden fence To
make short cut To the 'Squlrc's, when his
grandfather called him.
Hey, P,lrg 80 he called. Hol' on 4
minute. Come here.
Prlrg rumr back, The Old Settler took a
lew vigorous pun- on his pipe and then
said:
Yer grnu'mammy gone To Npericucc
mcrtiu', hahn She
Prlrg said she had, aud his grandfather
said. "All right, aud Peleg startco ,nce
more for the garden teucr. But the Old
Settler called him back agiiu. Al,rra few
more vigorous puts at the pipe and eau
tlous glance around into the kitchen, the
Old Settler said, ia a low, confidential tone:
II s'pose yc don't know whar yer
gran NANNY keeps that all.-thal air bot
Tie a. rum an snake root o hrr'n do ycr'
PrIeg said he dIdn I, aud his grandfather
told him To 90 on after the paper When
Pclrg had mounted the fence, the Old Set
tier knocked the ashes out OF his pipe,
dragged his chair back into the Kitchen
aud lighted lamp Then he put on his
-pectaclrs, took the lamp, and went into
the pantry. tie looked along thc shelves,
felt behind two or three big platter, that
were ~lautrd ON shelf against the wall,
took down the krtchup bottle, smrIt OF it
and PIT il back, looked behind the door
and III all the corners and came ont INTO
the kitchen apparently disappointed. lie
thought . moment, and then hurried To-
the tall old clock that licked sOlrmHly
in the corner He opened the clock
and examined the interior. D.ap.
poiutmcnt evidently met him there. Then
he opened the drawer in the Kitchen table,
looked carefully INTO 1t and shut it with a
slam The bedroom then attracted ms
attention. lie went IN, Iummagud through
all the bureau drawers, looked under the
bed, and came ont again, with disgust
mingled with disappointment on his lace.
Then he sought the sitting room and the
spare bedroom, examined every NOOK ami
corner, aud r;unc back into the kitchen
luokius very hot and mad lie put the
lamp down ON the table threw himself
with a snort into his chair, and At last
said.
/ guess M'riar's aEccrd th't burglars II
bore their WAY ia here some eyeuiu an
walk away with that bottle q dunn bitter
stun o. hrr'u. They'd hel to want sumpiu'
la drink poorly bad ii they did. ] never
see, h'gosh hnw S'piclou5 some FOLKS is.
Specially women ,''
Just then little Prl,g came IN with the
paper from the 'Sgulrr'S
"Wail, said the Oi Settler, they
mi,dc up their minds at las to let Sc have
It, dit they
"les, replied pylrs, but Amt Peggy
said that maybe yr hadn't never Thought
at subscribing To the paper y"ursrll IS be.
ing q good way {" grt the new whrn 1t
was fresh
"'Srribir' to iu' exclaimed the Old
settler. 'Srrlbiu' L. ~ Wv, didn't /
uscty yrr'hr to il, Didn't l'srribe to 1t
lis ia help Jhr teller along TIT started it.
An didn't he sen me a hill Ter two dullrrs
boat % yr,J urt,rw 'd~, an SAY he'd hr oil
LEGGED il I'd drop in Wen / come to toHu
an settle, ur sen il down by urighhor2
That's vat / done, IN that's wat ne
done Wall, | is' sent word to the ON
grateful chap TIT Wen '3crlhed for his
paper us to help huu along ! 'sposcd he
'pr,cIatrd 1t, au' th'l | want use to no
srirh dOln's 81 his. ! tol him To stop
srnju' his paper to me immcirly an tn
wuuSt, ~ wouldn't hey his Ornery sheet
in my house. An huin'l took It seucc,
an | wouldn't compromise myself 10y
tlkin' II uuthrr. Prlug, wen man don I
'prrciatc his friends "a wants TO help him
along. the sooner he quits the better.
Watts in the paper, sonny, open il zap
an prrc,cd. Has they ben any Inlm
lights lately
pcltg sat down aud opened the paper.
'Louk Tor InIIu lights luSt, Prlrg, w said
the Old Settler.
rel,E glanced over the paper, and hiseyc
TELL on column headed Deadly Work in
the Wild West ~
That's it," exclaimed the Old Settler.
That's Iniius''
Then peleg read ahont some peaceful
settlements IN the frontier, aud how the
terrible cyclones had swept down upon
them, killing men, women and children,
destroying their houses aud even carrying
little children away before their dying
parents very eyes
"1'he bloody scoundrels,' exclaimed the
OIdSettlcr greatly excited. "Iujins is the
terribl,st critters ~ ever roamed on the
iace % the 'arth, takin' EN- all together;
but I've allus said th't that Cvcloon tribe
was the hi0odIe,,i on 'cm all | only wish
were this government bout week III
wouldn' send Il Iuto' SulcTs ont thar that 1t
wipe cy'ry red devil of a CycloOn uilrn thus
mortal globe in less time thin it'd take me
TO tell 1t; then I'd 90 out thar an let em
mo, b'goSh homes, boots, an buttons, dod
durn en- Wat else Is tn statlin'
Peleg:'
Little Prleg read column after column,
until he began to get hoarsr aud wanted To
stop.
Wall, all right. said his grandfather;
but give Us the Sugar Swamp iottiu's
lu-t Les sec ~ ats woiu' ON in the Sugar
Swamp dcrstric 80
so Prl,g turned to the lettings from
Sugar Swamp" aud read them through.
The principal items were that Simeon
Shurthp's h,itrr had given birth 10 three
calves. all alive and healthy, Obadiah Fra
GERS tame bear had choked 10 death ON a
turuip. and Jacob ptudihhlc had blasted
a big white oak stump, and besides blow
mg the stump to pieces, had uncovered q
den OF snakes, out OF which runr lu3 biz
black snakes. NI Tattlrsnakc4. Il copper.
heads and 80 many ordinary everyday
snakes that Pmdibble couldn't count 'rru.
Them calves h'icyc il lie. " said the
old settler, IAN e. Ter the tame bar. that'~
'tarnll shame Thur's that che Frazier.
a by. Strappin' siN iooter of a hushwhack.
cr, the very sight of him brin' enough Il